how to load select options using jstl with selected and disabled

[rajiv jackz]

i just want load select options using jstl in jsp .
but condition is
1) category have many products
so category must be disabled,
2) one specific category must be set on top index

I have category and product as list available in jsp
eg: category1
product1
product2
category2
product1
product2

Any other way is there without using jstl
please help me out here!
thanks in advance

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

What's wrong with using JSTL? It's a standard part of JSP. You probably need to be filtering in the servlet to get the defaults as well.